Badriah Al-Mansour
Al-Yaum
The Eastern Province is full of fitness clubs and among this huge number of clubs there is one that is concerned with mental fitness rather than physical fitness.
This particular club is a reading club and uses the strap line “A reading Ummah.” It has been organized by the Women’
Become an Ummah of readers
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Gulf property investors conclude thousands of deals in Kingdom
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Statistics revealed by the Ministry of Justice show that Gulf real estate investors signed 2,940 real estate deals in Saudi Arabia during the past year, Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper reported.
In the Eastern Province, 624 real estate deals were signed in Hafr Al-Batin governorate alon
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Regulate taxi fares, working women ask ministry
Fatmah Al-Amri Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Working women in the Kingdom have expressed hope that the Ministry of Transport’s new regulations for taxis will put an end to their transportation woes. By regulating taxi fares, the women argue, fare manipulation and other exploitative practices will
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Bab Rizq Jameel creates record in employment creation
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Bab Rizq Jameel (BRJ), an initiative of Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives (ALJCI), set a new record in helping create job opportunities for Saudi men and women in 2014. The program created 75,030 job opportunities last year, which is a 10 percent increase compared with 2013, the company
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Fake Saudization a threat to national economy: Experts
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — A number of economic experts have warned about the rising number of fake Saudization cases because of loopholes in the Nitaqat program for the employment of Saudis in the private sector, Makkah daily reported.
Companies tend to get around the Nitaqat system in order to avoid pe
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Man shoots daughter, brother-in-law
ABHA — A man shot his daughter and his wife’s brother then killed himself, police said. The 23-year-old daughter remains hospitalized in a critical condition after she was shot in the head while her uncle is in a stable condition after being shot in different parts of his body, said Asir Police spokesman Lt. Col. Abdullah Al-Shathan. T
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Liquor gang busted in Jeddah
JEDDAH — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) busted a liquor gang. The Haia members raided the furnished apartment the gang used to run their illegal activities, said Haia spokesman Abdulrahman Al-Jabri. Three people of different nationalities were caught red-handed while filling bottles with alcohol. A t
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Two nabbed for obstructing police
ARAR — Two people were put in jail after preventing police officers from doing their work, said Northern Borders Police spokesman Col. Owayed Mahdi. Officers were searching for a young man who tried to steal an ATM and ran away after seeing the officers. He even hit one of the police cars while trying to escape. He got into a house but the o
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Concrete block kills crane operator
MAKKAH — An expatriate worker was killed when a concrete block fell on him, said Makkah Civil Defense spokesman Lt. Col. Naif Al-Shareef. The worker, who was a heavy machine operator, lifted a large concrete block with a small crane. The block fell down on the crane cab where he was sitting, killing him instantly. Firefighters extracted his
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Car thieves arrested with liquor bottles
DAMMAM — Police caught two Saudis who stole a car while it was parked on the street. The car owner left the engine running and went to meet someone. The two thieves, one of them inebriated, took advantage of the situation and got in the car and sped off, hitting several parked cars. Police sent information of the car to officers in all locat
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Four expats injured in building fire
JAZAN — Four expatriate workers sustained moderate injuries during a fire that broke out in their building. The fire started inside the kitchen and quickly spread to nearby rooms, said Civil Defense acting spokesman Maj. Gen. Muhammad Al-Samghan. However, the swift action and response of firefighters prevented what could have been a catastro
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Illegal worker caught trying to cross border
DAMMAM — Border Guards here caught an Asian worker who tried to illegally cross the border into Kuwait. The patrol officers spotted the man walking toward the border in a desert area, said guards spokesman Lt. Col. Omar Al-Aklabi. They frisked him but did not find any drugs or weapons in his possession. He was handed over
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Over 3,300 inmates in intelligence prisons
Saudi Gazette report
TAIF — There are 3,348 detainees in intelligence prisons accused of extremism and terrorism as of Jan. 7, Al-Madinah reported on Sunday. The Interior Ministry's Tawasul portal’s Twitter account said the prisoners consist of 2,834 Saudis and 514 expatriates.
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Courtesy call
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company, receives at his Riyadh office Mauritanian Ambassador Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed Lemine. They discussed a number of social, economic and investment issues and the prince’s philanthropic contributions to Africa. — Courtesy photo
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Arab ministers of culture meet in Riyadh today
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Culture and Information Minister Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Khudhairi will open here today (Monday) the 19th Conference of Arab Ministers of Cultural Affairs on behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah.
The conference, entitled “Arabic Language:
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Local consultancy firms face unfair competition, struggle for survival
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — The head of the national committee of consultancy offices in the Council of Saudi Chambers has said more than 98 percent of firms providing engineering and other consultancy services in the Kingdom are foreign-based, Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper reported.
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Security staff told to attend workshops
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Private security guards are encouraged to attend training workshops to improve their skills and performance, Makkah daily reported. Fahd Al-Qarni, supervisor in a security firm, said the workshops teach participants what to do when a crime
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Businesswoman offers online IT support for female clients
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Hanan Al-Dajani runs a home-based business to cater to women who need female technicians they can trust with their electronic gadgets, Al-Madinah daily reported.
Hanan’s business is called “Nawafith” (Windows), a name she said was insp
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Kidney center shut down over risk of contagious diseases
Mohammad Dawood
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The Ministry of Health shut down a kidney center belonging to a private hospital in Riyadh for violating health regulations covering the prevention of contagious diseases.
The Ministry of Health’s public health deputy minister and h
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Who sets off the fires?
Youssef Al-Mohaimeed Al-Jazirah AS Muslims in the US have suffered, and still are, after the 9/11 attacks in which thousands of Americans including some Muslims died, the Islamic community in France is expected to suffer following the recent terrorist attack against the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 peop
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